Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,159, Patrick Dixon, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Dixon, Patrick
S. 42,159
CONTENTS

7080
4
Pennsylvania Patrick Dixon
of Philada in the state of Penns a who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Flowers of the Penns a line, for the term of 3 years,
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of March 1819 and sent to Hon ble Richard Peters Esq re Judge, Philada
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 11 m. 19 / 3 , $ 90.32
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 48.
$138.32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information sent September 26th 1820 to Dr. Samuel H. Hildreth, Pennsylvania

42159 INVALID.
Rev
am
File No. 42159
Patrick Dixon
His Heir
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

77-3 years
Further evidence of service required admitted, found on the roll
Govt Certificate of death in on file.

District of Pennsylvania Feb 3
On this Twenty Seventh day of March 188, before me Richard Peters Judge of the District Court for the Penn- sylvanian District, personally appeared Patrick Dixon who being duly sworn deposes and declares that he served against the common enemy, during the war of the revolution, as a private soldier in the Continental army - That he enlisted at York in Pennsylvania in the month of December in the Year 1777, in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Coran, belonging to Colonel Benjamin Flower's Regi- ment of Artillery, Artificers, in the service of the United States, and on the continental establishment that he served therein for & during the term of Three Years and until he was honorably discharged by the Secretary of War - That he is a resident citizen of the United States - That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support, and that he does not receive and never has received or been allowed any Pension by the Laws of the United States. And he further deposes that after his first discharge he enlisted in a company of Artillery commanded by Captain John Simonds attached to Colonel Porter's Regiment, and served therewith until the close of the war.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Richard Peters
Patk Dixon

Patrick Dixon
7880
Phil \frac{2}{11}
CON
20 Oct 19
Sep 1817

Eastern District of Pennsylvania ss,
In this eleventh day of August 1820 personally appeared in Open District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, it being a Court of Record for the said District, Patrick Dixon aged Seventy years and upwards resident in the city of Philadelphia in the said District who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. He enlisted in the Month of December One thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven for three years in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Granam Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Flower of Artillery Artificers, and was discharged by the War Office in Philadelphia at the expiration of the said three years, he afterwards enlisted in the Pennsylvania line and served until the peace in 1783, he has received a pension in conformity with the Act of 18 th of March 1818, date of Certificate 20 th of March 1819, and N o 7880.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed; And the said Patrick Dixon further declares that he is unable to pursue any occupation by reason of his advanced age, and that he resides with persons who are not in any way related to him, and who depend upon the receipt of his pension for their remuneration. Sworn to & declared on the 11 th day of August 1820 in Open District Court } D. L. Caldwell - clk: Dist. Ct. } Path n Dixon

Schedule referred to in the within declaration
Your Declarant has no property real personal or mixed except some few articles of wearing apparel
Sworn at Supra
11 th Augt. 182 1 0
D. 6 Aldwell blk: Dist: 6 th .
Path. Dijon
J. D. Caldwell Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the Record of said Court: And I do further certify, that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the Applicant has no property whereof to form a Schedule
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this Twelfth day of August A. D. 1820 and in the forty fifth year of the Independence of the said United States.
St. Andrew - blk. vi. 16.5